tyrannize

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Recent Examples of tyrannize There would be plenty to celebrate if Iranians successfully replaced the Islamist regime that has tyrannized them for 45 years. Jason D. Greenblatt, semafor.com, 18 June 2025 The driving force behind these antics is a tyrannizing uncertainty. Andrew Kay, Harpers Magazine, 28 May 2025 As a simple but stable system of cryptographic property rights, Bitcoin is a digital, modern-day solution to the problems the U.S. Constitution sought to solve: protecting us from humans who seek to tyrannize us. Edan Yago, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024 Saddam Hussein tyrannized Iraq for 12 years after his troops were routed in Kuwait in 1991. Daniel Treisman, Foreign Affairs, 2 Nov. 2022 The mechanics of Shakespeare’s plot — unfolding first in rigid, tyrannized Sicilia and then in pastoral, sunnier Bohemia — hinge on our rooting for the characters Leontes so cruelly censures. Peter Marks, Washington Post, 22 Nov. 2023 In the process, these majority ethnic coalitions tyrannize and marginalize other groups, particularly those that are not members of the coalition. John Mukum Mbaku, Washington Examiner, 18 Mar. 2021 In Portsmouth, Virginia, cops have been systematically using their state power to tyrannize political enemies. Alex Pareene, The New Republic, 28 Aug. 2020 In such societies, counters Madison, a majority will tyrannize the minority. Corey Robin, The New York Review of Books, 13 Apr. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tyrannize
Verb
  • Her performances quickly gain in popularity, and Seti becomes a star for a young generation that no longer wants to be oppressed by the regime.
    Leo Barraclough, Variety, 25 June 2025
  • Its fight is with the regime, not with the Iranian people, who have been oppressed by the ayatollahs for almost half a century.
    Laurence Milstein, Sun Sentinel, 24 June 2025
Verb
  • The day’s news was dominated by the Federal Reserve.
    Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 18 June 2025
  • America’s nicotine vape market is dominated by products smuggled in violation of federal rules — more than 90% of Chinese vape products enter the country skirting import rules.
    Edgar Domenech, Sun Sentinel, 18 June 2025
Verb
  • Although premium large-format screenings in Imax, 4DX, and D-Box are expected to drive substantial business this weekend, industry analysts and insiders say F1’s ultimate value proposition will likely be dictated by something other than its theatrical bottom line.
    Chris Lee, Vulture, 27 June 2025
  • Progress dictates that the experts, and those who listen to them, win the day.
    Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 26 June 2025
Verb
  • While independent venues shuttered during the pandemic, venue domineer Live Nation — which can much more easily close its doors for soundproofing or for an infectious outbreak — posted its best years in 2022 and 2023.
    Katie Thornton, Rolling Stone, 20 Dec. 2024
  • When her father Philip dies, Rachel’s domineering mother, Carol, played by Ormond (see first look image), driven by the belief that Philip’s lifeless body will revive itself, forces her daughter to live with the corpse.
    Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 13 June 2023
Verb
  • Last week, the Senate approved the stablecoin bill, establishing a framework to regulate these digital currencies that are linked to the U.S. dollar.
    Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
  • Clouds play an important role in regulating the climate.
    Max G. Levy, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 June 2025

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“Tyrannize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tyrannize. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.

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